What else have we been up to in 1G?

We have been consolidating our addition and subtraction skills with various matching games and activities. 

We have been learning about UK cities and played a game of 'Mapingo' to help us read and remember the names of some. 1G - see if you can tell your parents the names of any cities you can remember?

Can you remember any differences between a town and a city? (Clue: What were you sketching in your Art books?)

In Guided Reading, we continue to develop our phonics and spelling skills by making and sorting  words from stories.

In Literacy, we have been helping the Zoo to find their missing animals by writing 'wanted posters' with lots of information about various animals. We needed to help people look for them so knowing what they look like, what they like to eat and where they live in the wild was helpful. Here are some good examples to read.

I wonder if they will ever get found....!

A pretty sight!

In Science, we have been studying the weather and have kept track of it with a classroom weather chart in the form of a pictogram. Strangely, on Thursday we noticed that we hadn't seen a rainbow (whilst in school) and then suddenly on Friday, we saw a huge, beautiful rainbow right outside our classroom which we had to go outside and admire (even though we did get a bit wet!). We know that rainbows are formed when we have sun and rain at the same time. 

Superstar of the week 23/11/17

This superstar was chosen for being extremely helpful and kind, always offering to help others. A lovely quality to have!

Moving Pictures!

In DT, we are learning the different skills to make different types of moving pictures. This week we were making sliding pictures and pivot and lever pictures. Can you see how they work? See if your child can make one at home to show you.

Addition and subtraction number sentences

In maths we have been working on our addition and subtraction skills. In these pictures, the children worked in groups to make addition and subtraction number sentences from the cards. 

Giving and Receiving!

In RE we have been thinking about how it feels to give and receive gifts. This is because Christians believe Jesus was a special gift to them from God. We made each other rocket bookmarks last week so that we could give them to our friends to show them how special they are to us. The children said they felt 'proud of their work' and 'happy they made it' which tells us that sometimes the giving is just as important as the receiving!

Superstar of the week 16/11/17

This week our superstar was chosen for good listening and following of instructions. Excellent!

Zoo animal challenge!

In Science we have been sorting different species of animals into the categories below.

Fish .   Birds .   Insects .   Mammals .   Reptiles .   Amphibians

Who can complete the zoo animal challenge below by commenting the answers to the following questions on this post? 

E.g. 1. A lion is a ......

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Discovery Time 17/11/17

We are now having Discovery Time every fortnight, adding the total number of marbles over 2 weeks together. This week 1G earned the most marbles in year 1, giving us a winning total of 41 minutes.

We decided to have a crafty animal theme for Discovery Time this week and the children have contributed towards a big display which will go up in the coat peg area.

See the pictures below to see which activities the children chose to do.

What else have we been up to in 1G this week?

In Maths we have been finding number pairs to 10 and 20. These children were matching different amounts of Numicon pictures to make 20. 

Challenge: Can any children comment on this post any pairs that add to make 20?

In RE, we all made each other a rocket bookmark as a gift. We have discussed how it feels to give and receive gifts and the importance of being grateful and polite for any gifts we receive.

the children will be bringing these home to use this week.